NFL Playoffs

January, ugh.  Cold, tax season begins, it's dark.  just a bad month...however, the NFL Playoffs begin which brings a smile to most of our faces.  The Colts once again are in the playoffs, so I'll be spending my Saturday night at Lucas Oil watching us take down the Jets.  On a sidenote, I love how the NFL charges season ticket holders for playoff games that we "could" host.  So Dave and I already had to pay for a potential AFC Championship game that we could theoretically host - oh at about 65% markup over regular season prices as well.  Oh well, if we don't host, they just apply it to our 2011 regular season tickets.

As is tradition I bet on every NFL playoff game.  I started in 2008 and went 9-2.  Unfortunately it's been down hill ever since.  6-5 in 2009 and then 3-8 last year.  However, there is hope.  For the 2010 NFL regular season I'm a startling 27-12 (69.6%) on my actual bets, which includes my Vegas trip.  I also pick every game against the spread (no $ wagered) just to track how I do on all games and I came in around 55% for the year.   Here are my picks for Wild-Card weekend

Seahawks (+10.5), Colts (-2.5), Ravens (-3), Eagles (-3). 

I hate picking the Eagles over the Packers, considering the Packers were my pre-season NFC Champion pick (NFL Predictions post).  Speaking of my NFL predictions, i only got 6 of the 12 playoff teams, but did get a few of my other predictions correct. 

In other news, the Ritter HS Alumni Basketball league starts up on Sunday January 23rd.  We finally won the league last year so looks like we have a title to defend.  Looking forward to it!  Thanks to my friend Kara, I went to Crackers Comedy Club this past Thursday.  It'd been a few years since i'd gone to a comedy show, but it was well worth it.  All of the acts were good, but the headliner, Tim Gaither, had the audience rolling!!  I highly suggest you catch him live or on Comedy Central features. 

Colts 29, Jets 24 - GO HORSE!